Rockets did not give up, but unfortunately Paul failed to steal the ball from Westbrook.
With a positive fighting attitude, Thunder continued to attack.
Westbrook quickly broke through and squeezed away Paul. On the Move dodged to avoid Ariza, and then passed the ball to Chen Xi on the outside.
After Chen Xi caught the ball, he faced Harden and directly struck out.
This Possession time was even 9 seconds long, but he just took action.
Take action with extreme confidence.
Three-Pointer responded and entered the network.
A score difference of 9 points.
The last thirty seconds.
Rockets carried out the final attack without giving up.
Harden controlled the ball to Frontcourt, faced a double team, and gave the ball to Paul.
CP3 faces the defense of Butler, Contested Three-Pointer Three-Point Shot.
Unfortunately, perhaps due to the influence of mentality, Basketball hit the front of Rebound and popped out of the frame.
The last Rebound was picked off by Gordon.
This declares the end of the game.
Thunder 129 won over 120.
However, due to the tighter schedule of Rockets, they played one more game and won one more game than Thunder.
Therefore, even if Rockets loses this duel, it is still Western Conference first, and Thunder can still only be ranked second.
After the game, Chen Xi drove back home late at night.
After a simple wash, I lay down on my big bed.
Before sleep comes over me, I think about the game that night.
In this game, Chen Xi made 13 of 21 shots, Three-Pointer made 7 of 12 shots, and Free Throw made 5 of 5 shots. They scored a total of 38 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 steal.
It can be considered a difficult task to lead the team to victory.
But the problem with Thunder obviously still exists. This game was just due to a power outage caused by Harden's last-minute goal.
It is impossible to expect him to be like this every time.
Thunder's current winning streak has covered up the team's problems. In fact, the first clues can be seen in today's game.
The instability of several newcomers. Although Kennard and Collins are good in immediate combat, they are only good. Once the intensity increases, their performance becomes worrying.
Chen Xi doesn't want to have Joe Harris or Allen on his team.
Regular season is an accurate comment. Once you enter Playoffs, it's really hard to get in. (Durant is really miserable)
Then there is the problem of Gordon and Harris. If these two brothers become one, then Thunder and Starting Lineup will be truly invincible.
It's a pity that they didn't work together, one didn't shoot, and the other didn't defend.
How to find the right person at the right time is a headache to Donovan.
Sabonis, Rebound are good, and Rim Protection is good. As a large center with first-hand organization, he is already very good.
But! The hit rate of Mid-range is a bit ugly!
Even in ordinary training, Chen Xi can see that Mid-range of Little Sabonis has poor control, but Three-Pointer is a little better.
As long as Mid-range is more accurate, then many other tactics can be developed around Little Sabonis, which can make Thunder's offense more diverse.
As for the problem of being named and having poor defense on the outside, we can't count on it. It is estimated that this problem will be difficult to change.
The best way is to empty the opponent's non-Spacing Option like today, and then let the faster and better defensive Power Forward or the third position fill it.
After all, requiring a heavy-duty center to defend the defender alone on the outside is inherently difficult.
Even players of Jokic's level can't do this kind of thing well. Among the active centers, perhaps only Brow and Gobert can do it. (Don't look at Gobert being killed randomly by Doncic, but his defense on the outside is really good, at least much better than other centers.)
There are no big problems with the core three. Turtle Turtle and JB are both in their prime, their outside shooting is pretty good, and they are both big-hearted players.
It's just that one Three-Pointer will become accurate in the future, and the other will become worse.
Chen Xi himself still has many problems.
Taken from the attributes of Layup, Chen Xi's proportion at the basket is still relatively low, especially when facing Rim Protection's good center.
It's possible to hit a few balls occasionally, but if you want to use this as a regular method, it's still almost meaningless.
Thinking back on his attributes, he has over a hundred double throws, and his strength, speed, and physical fitness are both above 80, which is pretty good.
The main attributes are Layup, passing, and physical attributes. It's not that interesting. There's no need to rush to add points like stealing Rebound. Anyway, there are plenty of people in the team to do these jobs, don't you think? Turtle Turtle?
"There are still some shortcomings, but this is the final word... it would be nice to have a good badge..."
In the thoughts of imagining the future, Chen Xi slowly fell into sleep.
On December 27th, Thunder played against Raptors at home
Or League can be ranked. I just finished playing Western Conference first, and I will immediately face Eastern Conference First Seed in the next game.
Toronto Raptors, this year is stronger than last year.
The combination of DeRozan and Lowry has evolved again, with tacit cooperation and greatly increased firepower.
Plus the reinforcement of the lineup.
Valanciunas plus Ibaka, two space Cs, Rim Protection has shooting, and there is also a growing rookie, a future defensive champion, top 3D--OG·Anunoby.
Also sitting on the bench are Siakam, VanVleet, Norman·Powell and other outstanding puzzles.
This year's Raptors is definitely a strong team.
Compared to their neighbors, Cavaliers and Raptors, who have no chemistry on the field and have conflicts in the locker room off the field, are undoubtedly much more harmonious.
DeRozan has also reached the peak of his career, showing the level of League's second shooting guard.
Talking about a thousand words and ten thousand is not as practical as doing it once.
Time flies by.
As the whistle sounded, Little Sabonis and Valanciunas jumped the ball.
Lithuania Derby belongs to yes.
Raptors gets the ball.
Lowry Backcourt holds the ball and brings it to the frontline organization.
As a veteran who joined League in 2006 and is still a 183 point guard, Lowry has a long and solid career.
During the Rockets period, the young man who was nicknamed the Little Steel Cannon by the Chinese is now the brother of the Leader team that has been playing in the League team for 11 years, and his story is still being written.
Chen Xi knows that when he leaves Raptors in the future, he will be called the greatest player in team history by the team general manager.
This is definitely a great honor for a player.
After arriving at Frontcourt, Lowry Top of the Key holds the ball, waiting for Pick-and-Roll to come forward Ibaka.
Then walk along Ibaka's body. After taking two steps, return the ball to Ibaka on the outside.
As Interior, one of the few Leagues who had quite good outside shooting accuracy, Raptors's starting position was to let Ibaka Pick-and-Roll Pop Out catch the ball to Shot.
However, Thunder switched defense very actively, and Westbrook stood in front of Ibaka, eager to try.
Looking at the former Teammates, Ibaka certainly knew how fast the ball in front of him was. To be cautious, he still did not take action, but put away the ball and waited for Teammates to come forward to respond.